More countries to adhere to the Istanbul Convention on the eve of its entry into force!
[Brussels, 22 July 2014] With the recent ratification by Sweden (1/7/2014) and France (4/7/2014), the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (known as the Istanbul Convention) will entry into force on the 1rst of August in 13 countries of the Council of Europe, from which 7 countries of the EU (Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden).
The Istanbul Convention is based on the understanding that violence (...)
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